i'm running Nasty's Stg. 2 Street kit for 600-700rwhp. it comes with EVERYTHING except the tank and stock pump bucket assembly. It has AN fittings with a factory style quick disconnect end, pretty slick **** really. The kit comes with his polished fuel rails too that accept AN fittings. it's a pretty easy and straight forward intsallation. i'm using the factory feed line as my return. The only part that sucks is the cutting of the lines...but you'll have that no matter who/what you use for a fuel system.

 

I had to mess with them before. Not fun.

I was looking into Nasty's kit before.
Sounds pretty easy.

I dont want to have aftermarket rails.

Thanks for your help.

 

i'm almost 100% certain if you called Nasty up and said you wanted one of his kits but wanted stock/stock-looking rails, he could work something up.

 

Hey 2000 SS do you know a Justin Hall from Webb City? Just wondering. He's one of my buddies and i was tellin him how bad *** your build was and he said he might know you.

 

not sure, i might. i'd probably recognize him if i saw him or whatever he drives...how old is he?

 

He's 22...tall goofy guy...lol drives a jeep thats lifted...

 

i pulled a year book to check it out i recognize him, but i'm not sure i've ever even spoken to him. i was kind of one of those guys that knew everyone and everyone knew me, but i had a very small, close circle of friends that i actually hung out with. my long list of cars, trucks, and motorcycles has earned me a reputation that reaches quite a long way...strangers walk up to me in O'Reilly's asking me when my car is going to be done all the time...or i'll go to springfield and someone will want to know if i wanna go riding sometime, then i have to explain to them i haven't owned a bike in two years.

 

Lol yah..didn't you used to own a white and blue bike? i recognize that truck in your pics from around town and sittin on main street from about a year ago when I first got my car. I used to own a 69 SW that was dark blue with light blue flames, lowered w/o a grille. If you're the dude I'm thinkin of you'd probably remember.

 

That '68 belongs to my buddy that lives where i'm working on my car. My bike was a '05 "Raven edition" R6...


This was my S10 i had for a LONG time



...and this was my first LS car

 

OK biotches.....

here's what I've accomplished so far, albeit not much despite my efforts and lots of driving back and forth.

Here's the new Canton oil pan i picked up:



Here's my brake booster & master cylinder back in:



Here's a little closer shot. You can see I've hooked up the lines from my SJM linelock / ABS delete kit....the solenoid and proportioning valve are not bolted in because I'm 99.9999% certain I'm going to put them somewhere else, out of sight, but i wanted to see how they would look in their intended location.



I found 2 or 3 places to mount the solenoid and valve, BUT I'm second guessing my locations because i don't have the engine, steering shaft, fuse box, or wire harnesses in there and I'm not sure what will interfere with what. i have tentative plans to put the fuse block underneath it's original spot where the A.I.R. pump would be and run the wire harness in between the inner and outer fender like i have done on the passenger side...basically the !wire mod all over again on the driver's side...so that i can mount my proportioning valve on top of the frame rail where the wire harness usually would run.

NOW, the biggest issue i have right now, and have been aware of for a while, is with my windage tray....as some of you may be aware, a 4.125" stroke is pretty damn long and the stock windage tray just wont clear. I first had to drill out the holes in the stock tray just to get it to go over my ARP main studs. Next i had to put 7, that's right 7, 1/16" thick washers on top of each stud to shim the tray far enough away to get the rods to clear...even with them i had to make some minor clearance adjustments with a hammer.

When it was all said and done, the tray cleared but the tops of the main studs were flush with the top of the nuts, and i'd like to have some stud sticking out. Well, this wasn't the only issue...the pickup tube didn't line up with the stud it mounted to when it was bolted to the oil pump...some bending and cussing later, it fit...but when i mocked up the oil pan, it only had ~0.140" clearance with the bottom of the pickup and i need 0.250"-0.300". i was going to bend it some more to get the necessary tolerance like everyone else does until i decided i didn't like anything about any work i had done thus far...so i quit working on that and came home...bugs were eating me alive anyway.

Now, i didn't just give up. i had a goal in mind and with a little research it payed off when i followed an instinct. GMPP part # 19202613....LSX Windage Tray kit ..."includes all necessary hardware" and "for 4.000"-4.125" strokes." Once i get one of those, i can take out all those washers, bolt it right on, be happy with the studs' stick-out, have all the clearance, and the pickup tube should be damn near perfect!



I went ahead and put the alternator bracket on and motor mounts...

 

Looks good man, I had my Dominator 427 for about a month now. You should be very satisfied with your set-up. I know I am with mine.

 

i'm hopin' so. it's been a long, turbulent ordeal thusfar...i can't see how it won't pay off though

 

Its looking good man.

 

why don't you tuck that hood latch cable?

 

yup, wire mod. looking good ben!

 

i was going to

 

Clutch showed up yesterday, Textralia ExoSkel triple disc.







At this point, i'm pretty much on hold with the build until i can get that GMPP windage tray. i need that to get the motor in the car, and i want the motor in so i can see where i have wiggle room to hide my linelock/ABS delete hardware and a few other misc parts. in the mean time, i'm going to try to get the fuel system finished up and get the Torque arm mounted.

I was told the windage tray was to go into GM's system this week or early next week, so the wait SHOULDN'T be too long....hopefully...

 

wow man this car is amazing. do you have anyone sponsoring it or anything like that? or is it just money out of your pocket?

 

nope, it's all out of pocket...and the pocket is empty right now i'd love to have a sponsor or two or five, but i think it's a little late in the game now. all i really lack is the intake and water pump now. i got a good price on a Meziere from SDPC and the intake is, well...it'll be a while on that, unless i get my honda sold.

The intake is the last major piece of the puzzle. i'm about to order my crank damper, clutch is obviously here, water pump is next, and i think i have 99.9% of everything else here. oh, i need a driveshaft too...that should be about it unless i decided to change anything up. i'd like to get a manual steering rack, but that's not necessary to get the car going, so that might wait. same with an aluminum radiator, i want one, but don't NEED one.

 

true what is the rough cost on this build if you dont mind me asking. not counting the car. just what you have put into the car since shes went under the knife.